Yoga guru Ramdev was on Monday banned from conducting yoga camps in Himachal Pradesh. He was also booked in Maharashtra and Rajasthan for his "honeymoon" remarks targeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Ramdev booked for his 'honeymoon' remark against Dalits

The SC on Friday referred the matter on remission of life imprisonment of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to a constitution bench and said its interim order staying the Tamil Nadu government's decision to free them will continue.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Justice Mudgal Committee whether it will conduct further probe against N Srinivasan and 12 others, including some prominent cricketers, into the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal.

Attacking Rahul Gandhi for terming the Gujarat model of development a "toffee model", BJP prime ministerial candidates Narendra Modi on Monday said the Congress vice-president lacks a mature brain and thinks like a child.

A political regime change in India will not impact Indo-China ties, China said on Monday, adding that whichever political party wins, Beijing hopes it will continue to strengthen relations and cooperate on issues concerning both countries.

Mizoram Joint NGO Coordination Committee on Tuesday called off its 72-hour state-wide bandh after the Election Commission and the state government agreed to their demands against the exercise of franchise by Bru voters lodged in Tripura camps through postal ballots.

Over 25% of the 64,41,634 voters exercised their franchise during the first three hours of polling to decide the fate of 51 candidates in five Lok Sabha seats in Assam amidst tight security on Monday. Can Narendra Modi revive Vajpayee magic in northeast states?

A Mumbai sessions court on Friday awarded death penalty to 3 repeat offenders for gang-raping a photojournalist at the Shakti Mills last year saying exemplary and rarest of the rare punishment is required. Vote: Do you agree with court verdict?

Sixteen years into his political career, Patnaik still cannot speak Odia extempore. At rallies, he depends on Odia speeches written in English. In the assembly, he debates and replies to questions in English. His inability to speak Odia leaves him vulnerable to criticism from political rivals.

The prosecution in Mumbai's Shakti Mills gang-rapes trial on Tuesday completed the examination of the two witnesses called to prove three common convicts in both the cases are guilty under section 376E of the Indian Penal Code, a section for repeat offenders in rape cases.

The significance of this section, that came into being after the Criminal Amendment Act in 2013, is that the prosecution can also ask for death for the convicts. The section has provision for death sentence for repeat offenders.